Bathing Beauty contestants pose for photographers.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina Banks, a chain of...

A large crowd watches a bathing beauty contest at Wrightsville Beach.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina...

A bathing beauty contest is held at an unknown location on the beach.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina...

Bathing beauties during contest.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina Banks, a chain of barrier islands,...

Bathing beauty contest.
Wrightsville Beach was named for Joshua Grainger Wright (1758-1811) who owned a vast amount of acreage along the sounds and the coast. The beach is a part of the North Carolina Banks, a chain of barrier islands, which spans...

Contestants in the Feast of the Pirates bathing beauty contest pose on the beach. The Feast of the Pirates was held for three years, 1927-1929, taking its theme from the eighteenth century buccaneers, who frequented the coastal areas of the Lower...